called me scared to bits. i was at work and it was loud and frightening out there. >> alex, this was the real deal last night. anyone who lives throughout new york city got a real sense something was happening that they hadn't seen in a while. dark clouds basically made 5:00 p.m. feel like midnight throughout much of the city. if this was a tornado, it would be only the ninth time since 1950, but the second time in just three months. you want to see some of the damage we're here in the corona neighborhood of queens and you can see just how strong this storm was late yesterday evening. look at this home. a three-story apartment building and in places hurricane-force winds reaching 100 miles per hour literally ripped off the roof of this apartment building, peeling it like a sardine can's top. we spoke to the family that lives inside that was inside at the time. his name is julio and i asked him exactly what was going on in there. he said the windows shattered and blew in on them. he was there with his wife, who was 7 months pregnant and her mother that they were all

terrified as ths roof fell on their backs. all of them were okay. he suffered a pretty good knock to his head, but will be okay, as well. now they're forced to stand outside hoping to get inside. 24 people here alone were forced to relocate. throughout this area similar problems as trees were knocked down and power lines knocked down and the power outages numbering 34,000 which is down from 38,000 late yesterday. torrential rains to go with it, as well. alex, for most of the people in this area, just an unfamiliar scene including the strikes right near the statue of liberty. is something folks around here don't see very often. >> peter, also a couple tractor trailers that flipped not far from you. >> yes, that's the case. some people had pulled over to try to escape these dangerous winds, including the 30-year-old woman who was in queens on what's called the grand central parkway that people around here will be familiar with. she, police believe, pulled over

to the side of the road because the winds were so strong and that's when the tree crashed down on her car. she was killed. a 60-year-old passenger in that car was seriously injured. but, today, is said to be doing just fine. >> you're absolutely right, peter alexander, thank you for that report. a similar scene throughout the midwest where heavy rain and winds brought down power lines and collapsed rooftops in wooster, ohio. they are confirming whether tornadoes touched down on the area. the wooster campus was forced to cancel classes today just to clean up after the storm. at this hour, two mega storms brewing in the atlantic. hurricane karl gaining strength and expected to make landfall in mexico and hurricane igor on a direct path to bermuda. in mexico, that storm has sparked severe flooding and power outages. in bermuda, winds and rip tides are kicking up as the residents are bracing for what's ahead.

let's get the very latest now from nbc meteorologist bill karins. you're busy. >> karl is not behaving either. taking an unexpected southwest shift. earlier in the morning make it mostly a rural area and not many populated locations in its path. this southwest jaunt, vera cruz a very popular spot for vacationers down there and the warm waters of the gulf is getting hit a lot worse than they thought. people didn't evacuate and now a category 3 storm where the southern eyewall could go right through the city. this is happening right now because landfall is only an hour or two away. as you can see here, that's where the storm is located. only 14 miles to the north of vera cruz and the hurricane force winds extend out further than that. notice the nuclear power plant to the north earlier looks like that is where the landfall was going to be. the only nuke ler power plant will get a glancing blow from this storm and the next concern

the mountainous areas and that is where we could see severe flooding. that's a populated city of almost 500,000. so the forecast for the storm making landfall now and it will weaken. as far as igor goes, a big storm taking its sweet time to bermuda and that will happen sunday into sunday night. here's the new updated forecast from the national hurricane center. takes it as a category 2 hurricane right, almost over the top of bermuda and right to the east of the island. you have to remember, alex, bermuda a very small island. this is a huge storm. even if it's not a direct hit. they'll get hurricane force winds out of it. >> thank you for the heads up on that. new sfuning tunning details acid attack that left a 28-year-old woman's face disfigured. she shared her story of a complete stranger throwing acid in her face. but last night police dropped this bombshell. >> during the interview, ms.

storro admitted that her injuries were self-inflicted. the attack itself did not occur as she had previously reported. >> nbc's kristen welker live for us in vancouver, washington. good morning to you. when did investigators think things weren't quite what they appeared? >> well, really, from the beginning, alex. there were a number of red flags in this case. let me just tell you what bethany storro's originally story was. she was walking in downtown vancouver and a woman she didn't recognize, an african-american woman approached her and said, hey, pretty girl, do you want to drink this and threw acid. she told police miraculously she bought a pair of sunglasses 20 minutes before this attack happened and those sunglasses protected her eyes and, therefore, she wasn't blinded. well, police say immediately there were questions. they wanted to know why the acid

burns that she had only were on her face and didn't go on to her neck or shoulders, which they say would have happened if some sort of liquid would have been flashed on her. they want to know why she was wearing sunglasses at night. another when bethany canceled an appearance with oprah for this week. police obtained a search warrant and went to her house yesterday and they talked to her and she eventually admitted this was all a lie. alex? >> is she going to face charges as a result? >> good question. police right now are still trying to determine that. they're still in the process of investigating this, trying to figure out what her motive was in all of this. once they finish their investigation, they will turn the case over to the prosecutor who will then determine whether or not she will face charges. she could face a misdemeanor charge of filing a false police report and she could even face a felony, though, alex. remember, the community has

poured a lot of money into her medical recovery. so, the question now becomes, did she actually use that money? if she could, she could be facing fraud charges. these are still open questions that investigators are trying to figure out. so, they expect to know next week whether or not charges will be filed. alex? >> what a perplexing story. all right, kristen welker, thanks so much. the mother of missing teen natalee holloway has confronted the suspect in her daughter's disappearance. beth holloway spoke with joran van der sloot after she snuck into the prison where he is being held on another murder case. michelle has the latest. >> when we heard about this we thought when five years ago when nat alholloway disappeared in aruba, her mother vowed to never give up and use all of her energy to find out what happened. she has kept that promise, traveling down to peru now where joran van der sloot is held in a prison awaiting trial for murdering a young woman down

there and she confronted him face-to-face. we recently heard this interview done behind bars with joran in which she tells the dutch tv reporter that life behind bars isn't that bad. he's been teaching the guards english in his private cell and now claims he knows nothing bout what happened to natallee. beth holloway's attorney said she had simply had enough hearing this. she went down there, teamed up with a dutch tv crew, got inside that prison and let joran have it. telling him that the united states has not forgotten about him. whatever happens in peru, he still faces an indictment for extortion here and if he knows anything about what happens to natalee, he should say it now. not ten years down the road, but right now. she holds no hate in her soul for him but he couldn't talk to her and gave her the phone number for his attorney. when they realized this was a television event they hustled

beth and the television crew out of there. here's what her attorney said on "today" this morning. she was in castro castro and she wasn't arrested, that people are reporting. nothing was taken from her. it was done without violating any laws or breaking any regulations. >> beth may have felt this was her only chance and they have been in no hurry to get down there and interview him as they originally wanted to. now they feel it is unlikely that joran will tell them anything. alex? >> michelle kosinski, thanks so much. a doctor that was wounded in thursday's shooting is in critical condition now. she was in surgery for several hours but is expected to make a full recovery after shooting the doctor, 50-year-old paul warren parus killed his 84-year-old mother and then himself. pardus was likely distraught over her condition.

former president jimmy carter may still be holding a serious judge against the late senator ted kennedy over his administration's failure to pass health care reform. president carter was interviewed by "60 minutes" about his upcoming book and made this accusation. >> the fact is that we would have had comprehensive health care now, had it not been for ted kennedy's deliberately blocking the legislation that i proposed in '78 or '79. >> you blame teddy for the failure. >> exactly. >> health care. >> it was his fault. ted kennedy killed the bill. >> just to spite you? that's the implication. >> that's the implication. he did not want to see me have a major success in that realm of american life. >> well, senator kennedy was one of the leading advocates for health care reform during his senate career. he died before president obama's health care bill was signed into law in march. conservative activists are out in force this morning in the

nation's capital. the annual value voter's summit is under way bringing out some of the biggest names in the conservative movement. michele bachmann is speaking to the attendies right now as she has been for the better part of 20 minutes. but the biggest draw of the day and the whole conference is delaware candidate kelly o'donnell who single handedly turned the republican ballot in her state upside down. good morning to you. >> good morning, alex. >> so, what is this annual meeting about this year? anything that makes it distinctly different than year's past? >> the value voter's summit is usually about social issues. this is where folks who consider moral valus to be something that they vote on that's a voting issue for them. think about abortion and gay marriage and you think about separation of church and state and some of those issues. that is really important to those folks. what's different this year is with the tea party movement is

stressing so much about debt and fiscal responsibility that fiscal responsibility has become a real thing that they've talked about as a moral issue. so, the moral issue, something that jim dement talked about, something that mike huckabee who is really liked by the activists here. won the last couple straw polls. they've even stressed that this $13 trillion in debt, it's a moral issue now that values voters should also be focusing on. >> we should note that michele bachmann just wrapped up speaking and members of the heritage foundation speaking next and then senator jeff sessions from alabama. that said, at a time when the discussion on the social issues where the republican party really wants to focus on the economy. >>i iyeah, that's right. they want to be able to, unemployment rate is at 10%. as we've been saying and we'll continue to say, democrats will have a hard time this fall and it's an easy rallying cry.

earlier the republican party is generally a three-legged stool of people who are of national security hawks, national security conservatives and social issues and fiscal issues. if fiscal and social end are sometimes have a little bit of a division about what the unemployment being what it is and these two groups have been able to mend fences and find a happy medium. that's what they're stressing is the economics and downplaying the social issues this year. >> okay, well, we'll be eager to see what happens with that straw poll that is coming up in 45 minutes. thank you so much. well, speaking of christine o'donnell. just last night she came face-to-face with another opponent in november her opponent that will be there in november. how did she fair? we have those details ahead. plus, the final nail in the coffin. crews are getting ready to perform the procedure in the gulf well. later a new tv ad has the people of the golden arches seeing red. why they're so upset and thought

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as soon as we get information, we'll pass that along to you. right now decision 2010 and christine o'donnell was the star attraction at a candidate's form in wilmington thursday evening. we get more now from nbc news capitol hill correspondent, kelly o'donnell. kelly? >> a community center in delaware became a real spotlight for national politics when a number of statewide candidates were there to answer questions a typical forum that really wasn't so typical with all the attention. christine o'donnell, the republican nominee for senate in delaware, the surprise tea party victory and chris coons, the democrat running for that same office were appearing side by side. they did talk about issues from jobs to immigration to social security, but there was a lot of attention paid to the attention being paid to the race. here's how they address that. >> but i assure you my faith has matured and when i go to washington, d.c., it will be the constitution on which i base all

of my decisions, not my personal beliefs. >> i don't think they're particularly interested in statements that either of us made 20 or 30 years ago. >> all of his interests can also be measured in fund-raising. o'donnell's campaign says that online they raised more than $1 million since her primary win and also drive interests to chris coons campaign and vice president biden is appearing with him today in delaware. o'donnell is saying that the tea party interest is bringing attention, not just her, she has been a notable character who is saying she wants voters to get to know her. she promises to spell out the things that she would be willing to do and calls it a common sense approach. coons is the county executive. he is an office holder now and says he believes that there is a positive role for government, one of the big ways that he sees a division between the two. it's a big race, we're watching it and a lot more to talk about. back to you. all of you watch "meet the press" this sunday former president bill clinton and

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eight days after that huge natural gas explosion in san bruno, california, authorities are still trying to determine how many people were killed. a coroner's office is examining remains found yesterday in one of the three dozen homes that were destroyed. three people are still missing and four people are confirmed dead. five months after the worst oil disaster in u.s. history, that blown out well in the gulf

of mexico may finally be capped for good this weekend. the relief well being drilled has now intersected with the blown out well. nbc kristen dull grn joins us from louisiana. what is the final step and when is it coming? is this the part of mixing mud and cement and the final seal? >> yeah, it is, alex. that is the final step. this is now day 150 of this disaster and we just got word this morning from bp that they now believe they're within a day of finally sealing this well off permanently. we have been talking about the relief well since they started drilling it just a little bit after this disaster started. it has taken until now to intersect with the mocondo well. the next step is to pump heavy mud and cement down to the bottom to permanently seal off this well. again, that is going to go on over the next 24 hours or so and officials do think they will have it done by saturday and that is when they will be able

to declare that this well will no longer ever leak into the gulf of mexico, alex. >> that declaration can't come soon enough. what about the other fish kill that has been found. >> yeah, you know, even the closing off of this well permanently doesn't mean the end of it to people who live around here. they're still seeing oil wash ashore and also dealing with these fish kills here. we saw one earlier in the week and it looked like a avel road and so many dead fish in the marshes. scientists say they don't believe that that one was lea d linked to the oil or disperseants. thousands of dead fish, even stingrays mixed in with it and people here worried they're now seeing them more frequently and bigger fish kills than they have in the past and they're asking for more testing and that is going to happen. they are going to look at this one that they found yesterday just to make sure that the oil and dispersant didn't play into it. they did notice oil mixed in

with those fish, alex. >> i want to make sure that people know what they're seeing right there. that's not asphalt. it is the bodies of fish. it looks like a road. that is remarkable, kristen. >> yeah, exactly. so many fish that it completely covers where the water used to be there, alex. yeah, those are all bodies there. it looks like a gravel and asphalt road. >> it does, indeed. police in the uk uncover what they say is a plot to attack the pope. what were they planning to do? plus, a new tv ad takes aim at the most famous fast food chain. see what the all fuss is about ahead. later, a hollywood hoax. courtney hazlett has the scoop on what they're saying about the documentary. [ mom ] game time is all about the traditions. it's all about the tackles and the touchdowns... and watching my boys do what they do.

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developing now. five men are under arrest in london as police investigate a suspected plot to attack the pope who's on his second day of

a historic four-day visit to britain. right now pope benedict is at a ceremony in london with the archbishop of canterberry. a show of unity between the two churches with their two leaders. stephanie gosk joins us from london with more on the arrest. what is the latest on this? >> yeah, it is, alex. this alleged plot surfaced last night and the britains counterterrorism command was not going to take any chances on it. they acted on it early this morning. the spoep pope will speak in westminster later this afternoon and arrest five men who they believe hatched a plot against the pope, a terrorist attack and they brought him to a local police station and they've been questioning him. they haven't made any arrests in the case and they haven't found any hazardous materials in that business, but, you know, this goes to the larger issue of the security concerns around the pope. there's been a lot of talk that he's had a tighter security than

normal on this trip and that, you know, we've seen it ourselves. even this morning we went to the event at st. mary's university and we were told after the pope was on the ground on the university grounds that we wouldn't be allowed in because they had stopped all foot traffic after he arrived. obviously, they're not taking any chances. alex? >> how about the vatican? are they concerned about the pope's safety? what are they saying? >> well, the pope has been alerted to the fact that these arrests have been made and his entourage has and they haven't changed any of their plans. they don't consider it to be that big of a risk and they're confident in the security procedures that are already in place. so, they don't feel they need to make any drastic changes. but, you know, it does highlight how sensitive his visit is and, of course, the concerns that they have here that he could be a target while he's here. alsnx. >> indeed, in part because people are so upset about the church sex abuse scandal and the like, has he addressed that

today? >> there has been a lot of controversy. you know, it's interesting, they actually believed there would be a lot more protests for the pope at these various events. we haven't seen a lot of that. he has addressed, he did specifically address that issue on his flight over to the uk yesterday morning with reporters. he said that the church did not act quick enough, swiftly enough or effectively enough but with the abusive priest. today he alluded to it at st. mary's university. he was speaking to students and at one point turned to their teachers and asked them to create a safe and secure environment for the students, not a direct mention of the priest abuse scandal, but an illusion for sure, alex? >> stephanie gosk, thank you so much for that. after months of speculation and rumors, president obama is expected to name elizabeth warren as his new consumer czar. assist tonight the president and special adviser to the treasury department where she'll oversee a new consumer protection

agency. growing concerns that conservatives would oppose her nomination. this appointment removes that potential obstacle. economic news this morning, consumer prices rose 0.3% in august and that's slightly more than expected but so-called core inflation was unexpectedly flat. that is raising concern about the troubling deflation as this economy struggles to recover. let's check wall street right now. about two hours into the trading day. things are looking up just slightly. about almost 2 point on the dow will edge upward. there you see with the s&p 500 and the nasdaq composite. meanwhile, fast food giant mcdonald's is facing fierce opposition right now. a doctors group is targeting mcdonald's and linking their food to obesity-related deaths and no subtlety here. in fact, take a look at this commercial.

>> high cholesterol, high blood pressure, heart attacks. tonight, make it vegetarian. >> and here is mcdonald's response. "this commercial is outrageous, misleading and unfair to all consumers. mcdonald's trust s our customer to put such outlandish propaganda" susan, good morning to you. >> good morning. >> this began airing pretty much on cable tv in the washington, d.c., area. is this a fair ad to show a man lying on a gurney clutching a hamburger? >> yeah, i mean, half of americans do die. adults do die of heart disease. half. this is something that is largely preventable and mcdonald's is making huge profits. billions of dollars off of

selling the foods that can contribute to early mortality, heart disease, type two diabetes. i would say it's pretty fair. >> high cholesterol, high blood pressure, heart attacks, they don't come just from eating meat and mcdonald's food. >> they come from eating high fat, high cholesterol, high sodium foods which is the staple of a mcdonald's menu, if not almost the entire menu. all there is also an element of, of course, personal responsibility. but a corporation like mcdonald's or any fast food restaurant that makes profits off of that should be held accountable. >> mcdonald's has taken steps to at least inform their customers of their options by putting calorie count out there. fat content out there. and, as you say, it is up to the consumer it make that choice. i mean, you can get a salad at mcdonald's and you can get a small hamburger versus that what looked like a big mac in the commercial being clutched by the man on the gurney. so, really, isn't it up to

consumers to figure out what they want for themselves? >> well, yeah. i mean, mcdonald's goal is to make money, that's obvious. i don't want to stop them from doing that. but what i want to do is inform people who may not know that a small hamburger or even a salad at mcdonald's, a salad might have more fat than the big ma xrrx. it's the calories, it's the fat, it's the saturated fat and cholesterol and i'm not sure, i'm quite sure that most people don't understand what those numbers mean exactly. i take it as my responsibility to educate the public to make informed decisions. >> susan, do you have plans with your group to also do commercials targeting burger king, kfc, because it's my understanding, i know you have this airing primarily in the washington, d.c., area, which has a larger preponderance of these fast food restaurants per capita than other see cities of its size. are you going to go after the other two big chains, too?

>> we have gone after the other ones in different cities at different times for different campaigns. no, i think we're going to stick with this commercial about mcdonald's and probably launch this commercial nationally, as well. >> and do you get a lot of feedback from it? >> i mean, most people say right on. of course, mcdonald's is bad and we need to educate everybody on exactly how bad it is. >> all right, well, susan levin, registered dietician, thanks for weighing in. appreciate that. >> thank you. the jig is up for joaquin phoenix and casey affleck. let's get the scoop from courtney hazlett who we know is going to be around for 54 years and then some. actually, not really. but, anyway, joaquin phoenix, what happened here? >> this documentary "i'm still here" where he grew a beard and declared he was going to quit acting and generally developed the habits of your random

miscreant. it's not real. his director casey affleck finally came out and said, no, it was a hoax. unicorns aren't real either. we have all been talking about this for the better part of a year. no way he's quitting and taking on this persona and going it be a hip-hop artist. he's talking to diddy right there in that scene. joaquin phoenix. he was also responsible for one of the best letterman appearances in recent history when he was on the show last year. back on the show next week. interesting to see how he addresses all the attention he got last year and which brand of joaquin phoenix will be showing up for the interview. >> remember that he was so bizarre on letterman. >> so bizarre. so amazing, as well. david letterman handled this so well. i would love to know if dave was in on the joke prior to that or just doing what he does best,

handle awkward situations. i would love to know more behind the scenes there. in other news, people are talking about bob barker. i can report right now he is alive and well, he's fine. but a scary incident at a los angeles shooting range. bob barker, the former host of "the price is right" was at the range when he collapsed and he was rushed to cedar sinai hospital. >> was he shooting at the time? >> i do not know if there were actual shots fired at the time. >> because that would be terrible. >> still, you're holding a gun. a rather frightening incident. frightening to collapse, but a shooting range and you're 86, even more frightening. it was a reaction to a blood thinning agent that he was taking and he's doing just fine. finally, that story you were talking about, after 54 years "as the world turns" wraps today. september 17th will be the last time you'll see "as the world turns." "guiding light" wrapped this time last year. it was around for 72 years. are we witnessing the death of

the soap opera? for the most part, yes. you have reality television now that has cat fights that put this fake fighting to shame. think about why you used to turn into soap operas and now we have that on cable television, network television and at times when more people are watching. you got it on your dvr, ipod and all these other places and it's kind of an antiquated way of telling the soap opera. only the best of the best will be remaining. it's really expensive television for not a lot of ratings. hour-long dramas every day. teams of writers that requires and just hiring all the actors for that, the production time it takes. just the payout isn't there. >> okay, courtney hazlett, thank you very much. >> you got it. for the very latest entertainment news logon to scoop.todayshow.com. some things considered news in this world, but only a few stories that make us say -- >> no way! >> -- incredible pictures of a

toddler that escaped death. the boy woke up from his nap and crawled on to this busy highway. happened this week in southern turkey. a truck driver finally spotted the child and stopped traffic. the boy's mother was questioned by police, but not charged. well, you've heard of spray-on tans, what about spray-on clothes? a designer at a london college has come up with a shirt that comes in an aerosole can. it feels just like suede and lasts just as long and does not stick to your skin. if it gets dirty, it can be washed. still to come, prince william gets his wings. are wedding bells nextt for the son of princess diana. a young musician vanishes. can police crack the case in time?

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an update in the breaking news of the chilean miners that

are trapped underground. the good news is that the drill, rather, into that mine shaft where they were going to have a rescue hole through which they'll be able to be pulled out, it's actually reached the miners. the bad news it's just an incrementally small hole at this point. the next six weeks or so are trying to widen that hole safely without potentially injuring them. of course, so far they have been getting water, food, oxygen, messages through these small ducts, but now they have actually created the hole through which they will be extracted. it's just got to get a lot bigger and that's going to take some time. another six weeks or so. well, police in michigan say they have nabbed a suspect they believe is the world's dumbest thief. police say the man wore a plastic darth vader mask before pulling a butcher knife at a convenience store clerk on monday. might have worked but he didn't put it on until after his face was captured by a surveillance camera.

the man is being held on $50,000 bail. he got the mask from one of his kids. genius. in today's true crime, the mystery surrounding the young musician who disappeared in michigan. matt landry, a drummer with dreams of being a rock star just vanish under to thin air one summer day. his story and how detectives and his loved ones cracked the case is the focus of a special "dateline nbc" tonight. dennis murphy is joining us with a preview of "taken." good morning to you, what a story. >> it really is. here you had a young guy and went out to pick up his girlfriend, a sandwich and just like that, he was gone. now the horror for everyone in their life, they knew pretty quickly that someone else was using his atm card so finding matt landry became a race against time. >> we have to find him. >> i'd say monday morning. >> reporter: matt landry a texter had been off the grid for almost a day. matt running silent scared everyone, especially his girlfriend.

fr fran, why did you start calling the hospitals? >> because no one had heard from him and i wanted to know if he got in a car accident or a flat tire on the side of the road, i didn't know what happened. >> reporter: the parents, bob and doreen landry were getting more anxious by the minute waiting by the phone that didn't ring. it was monday when they called their local police in chesterfield and cops came to the house. cops get these kind of reports from families very often and usually what they say is he's a kid, give it some time, he's going to walk in the door. >> yeah, he alluded to the fact that most of the time these kids end up at crack houses and crash there for a few days and then they eventually come home. i remember saying to him, i pray to god you're right. i pray to god you're right. >> reporter: as the landries worried inside their house on monday, a few miles south in harrison township, a young woman

was walking towards the flagstar bank. >> i was cashing my first paycheck from a dog kennel. >> reporter: new job, first paycheck. >> yeah. >> reporter: sarah, 19, noticed a young guy in sunglasses on the street checking her out as she approached the bank. it creeped her out a little but she tried to ignore him and go to a teller's window. the man stormed in behind her as seen in chilling detail on the bank's security cameras. >> i handed them my check and as soon as i set the check on the countier felt a gun to the back of my head. >> reporter: then all calm and collected he began giving the bank teller instructions. what did he say? >> he said give me $50,000 or i'll kill her. >> reporter: you could feel the muzzle of the gun -- >> he pressed it hard enough against me i was pressed against the counter, he had his hand on the back of my neck, too. >> reporter: what did the brazen young robber have to do with

matt landry? that connection would have to wait for the confession of an atm and the security camera pointed at it. it is being untangled right now in a michigan courtroom and we'll tell you the status of the case tonight now on the "dateline." >> i'm so impressed with this young woman. how terrifying. >> here she is, ended up getting caught in a stsunami of a three-day crime spree. the randomness of violence and the unexpectedness of it. one minute you're cashing your check from the dug kennel and buying a sandwich for your girlfriend. >> okay, we'll watch it tonight, thank you so much for all of you be sure to watch "dateline nbc" tonight at 7:00 eastern dennis murphy's report will air in the second hour at 9:00 eastern. er allergy medications. hoo? omnaris. [ men ] omnaris -- to the nose! [ man ] did you know nasal symptoms like congestion

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william. in a sane mother he graduated as a fumy certified search and rescue helicopter pilot known at flight lieutenant william wales, and joins us from london with the prince's big day, and good day to you. >> reporter: hi there, alex. the wing ceremony was low key. just amongst a few pilots. wro want to bury the lead. right off the bat, kate middleton was not there, but the graduation today kicks off what could be a six-year military career. now, that raises all the sticky issues once again about will's private life. will he or won't he? from his first steps to first grade, from a military commission to his first real job, it was another milestone for the second in line to the british throne. today, flight lieutenant william wales earned his certificate at squadron badge and became officially a royal air force search and rescue pilot. after training for seven months

on a ct helicopter, his first tour begins in wales with demanding sometimes dangerous rescue missions and long periods living on base, but the new commitment of a full-time job is already raising old questions. has about kate middleton and marriage? by the british tabloids, the girlfriend of eight years finally lose patience and bolt? not likely. reports say the couple is already living together blissfully near the air base. >> he being a search and rescue pilot and she'll be in the farmhouse nearby just basically doing the work as an officer's wife would do. >> reporter: still unmarried and competing for time with the future king's hands on charities and increasing royal duty, high long can think go on? the royal wedding, according to an impeccable source will be in 2012, just before the queen's

diamond jubilee and the summer olympic games. >> the spotlight of the world will be on london, on britain at that particular moment. >> hi. you look amazing. >> reporter: it can't come soon enough for londoner jody. >> quite natural. >> reporter: trying to launch a career at a kate middleton look-alike. >> i think it will give me more work. i'll be a little bit busy, hopefully. >> reporter: unless, of course, it's another bad rumor and a royal waiting game. and one more important point, alex, about this new job. unlike his brother harry, who you know is training to be an apache attack helicopter pilot, william won't be flying rescue missions in any war zones for strict royal security reasons. his operations will be more on british land and british sea. alex? >> he is the future king, after all. thank you very much. jim maceda. >> reporter: absolutely. have a does it for me.

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